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CompTIA Network+ N10-009 Exam Cram, 8th Edition

Copyright © 2025 by Pearson Education, Inc.

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-534083-7
ISBN-10: 0-13-534083-7

CompTIA Network+ N10-009 Exam Cram is an all-inclusive study guide designed to help you pass the updated version of the CompTIA Network+ exam. Prepare for test day success with complete coverage of exam objectives and topics, plus hundreds of realistic practice questions. Extensive prep tools include quizzes, Exam Alerts, and our essential last-minute review Cram Sheet. The powerful Pearson Test Prep practice software provides real-time assessment and feedback with two complete exams.

Covers the critical information needed to score higher on your Network+ N10-009 exam!

  • Establish network connectivity by deploying wired and wireless devices
  • Understand and maintain network documentation
  • Understand the purpose of network services
  • Understand basic datacenter, cloud, and virtual networking concepts
  • Monitor network activity, identifying performance and availability issues
  • Implement network hardening techniques
  • Manage, configure, and troubleshoot network infrastructure

Prepare for your exam with Pearson Test Prep

  • Realistic practice questions and answers
  • Comprehensive reporting and feedback
  • Customized testing in study, practice exam, or flash card modes
  • Complete coverage of Network+ N10-009 exam objectives
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MySQL Crash Course

Copyright © 2023 by Rick Silva.

ISBN-13: 978-1-7185-0300-7 (print)
ISBN-13: 978-1-7185-0301-4 (ebook)

[GitHub] https://github.com/ricksilva/mysql_cc

MySQL Crash Course is a fast-paced, no-nonsense introduction to relational database development. It’s filled with practical examples and expert advice that will have you up and running quickly.

You’ll learn the basics of SQL, how to create a database, craft SQL queries to extract data, and work with events, procedures, and functions. You’ll see how to add constraints to tables to enforce rules about permitted data and use indexes to accelerate data retrieval. You’ll even explore how to call MySQL from PHP, Python, and Java.

Three final projects will show you how to build a weather database from scratch, use triggers to prevent errors in an election database, and use views to protect sensitive data in a salary database.

You’ll also learn how to:

  • Query database tables for specific information, order the results, comment SQL code, and deal with null values
  • Define table columns to hold strings, integers, and dates, and determine what data types to use
  • Join multiple database tables as well as use temporary tables, common table expressions, derived tables, and subqueries
  • Add, change, and remove data from tables, create views based on specific queries, write reusable stored routines, and automate and schedule events

The perfect quick-start resource for database developers, MySQL Crash Course will arm you with the tools you need to build and manage fast, powerful, and secure MySQL-based data storage systems.

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Learning SQL, 3rd Edition

Copyright © 2020 Alan Beaulieu. All rights reserved.

MHID: 978-1-492-05761-1

As data floods into your company, you need to put it to work right away—and SQL is the best tool for the job. With the latest edition of this introductory guide, author Alan Beaulieu helps developers get up to speed with SQL fundamentals for writing database applications, performing administrative tasks, and generating reports. You’ll find new chapters on SQL and big data, analytic functions, and working with very large databases.

Each chapter presents a self-contained lesson on a key SQL concept or technique using numerous illustrations and annotated examples. Exercises let you practice the skills you learn. Knowledge of SQL is a must for interacting with data. With Learning SQL, you’ll quickly discover how to put the power and flexibility of this language to work.

  • Move quickly through SQL basics and several advanced features
  • Use SQL data statements to generate, manipulate, and retrieve data
  • Create database objects, such as tables, indexes, and constraints with SQL schema statements
  • Learn how datasets interact with queries; understand the importance of subqueries
  • Convert and manipulate data with SQL’s built-in functions and use conditional logic in data statements
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CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Exam Cram, 7th Edition

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Copyright © 2025 by Pearson Education, Inc.

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-822557-5
ISBN-10: 0-13-822557-5

CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Exam Cram is an all-inclusive study guide designed to help you pass the updated version of the CompTIA Security+ exam. Prepare for test day success with complete coverage of exam objectives and topics, plus hundreds of realistic practice questions. Extensive prep tools include quizzes, Exam Alerts, and our essential last-minute review Cram Sheet. The powerful Pearson Test Prep practice software provides real-time assessment and feedback with two complete exams.

Covers the critical information needed to score higher on your Security+ SY0-701 exam!

  • General security concepts
  • Threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations
  • Security architecture
  • Security operations
  • Security program management and oversight

Prepare for your exam with Pearson Test Prep

  • Realistic practice questions and answers
  • Comprehensive reporting and feedback
  • Customized testing in study, practice exam, or flash card modes
  • Complete coverage of CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 exam objectives
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Windows Security Internals

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Copyright © 2024 by James Forshaw

ISBN-13: 978-1-7185-0198-0 (print)
ISBN-13: 978-1-7185-0199-7 (ebook)

Windows Security Internals is a must-have for anyone needing to understand the Windows operating system’s low-level implementations, whether to discover new vulnerabilities or protect against known ones. Developers, devops, and security researchers will all find unparalleled insight into the operating system’s key elements and weaknesses, surpassing even Microsoft’s official documentation.

Author James Forshaw teaches through meticulously crafted PowerShell examples that can be experimented with and modified, covering everything from basic resource security analysis to advanced techniques like using network authentication. The examples will help you actively test and manipulate system behaviors, learn how Windows secures files and the registry, re-create from scratch how the system grants access to a resource, learn how Windows implements authentication both locally and over a network, and much more.

You’ll also explore a wide range of topics, such as:

  • Windows security architecture, including both the kernel and user-mode applications
  • The Windows Security Reference Monitor (SRM), including access tokens, querying and setting a resource’s security descriptor, and access checking and auditing
  • Interactive Windows authentication and credential storage in the Security Account Manager (SAM) and Active Directory
  • Mechanisms of network authentication protocols, including NTLM and Kerberos

In an era of sophisticated cyberattacks on Windows networks, mastering the operating system’s complex security mechanisms is more crucial than ever. Whether you’re defending against the latest cyber threats or delving into the intricacies of Windows security architecture, you’ll find Windows Security Internals indispensable in your efforts to navigate the complexities of today’s cybersecurity landscape.